Fighting bushfires from the air

January 16, 2013 , 1:38 PM by Dominic Brine

Wayne Rigg from the CFA in Ballarat has been in Tasmania as part of the air wing deployed in the fight against the bushfires. As an air attack supervisor he provided intelligence on the size and movement of fires.

Wayne describes the conditions they faced both in the air and on the ground but also how fire bombers assist the ground crews, the people who actually put bushfires out. Hear also how there's a range of aircraft on standby based across Victoria for the very hot day forecast for this Thursday 17th January.